Explore the archaeological site of Meidum with our half-day tours to Cairo and see one of the oldest pyramids in Egypt, the pyramid of Meidum, established by King Snefru, the father of Cheops, stands alone in a corner of the desert, near a large number of small mastabas.
Price : 30.00 $
4 Hours
Cairo
Egypt
Cairo Half Day Tour to Meidum Archaeological Site
Experience the most thrilling adventure on our very special Egypt Day Tours offers you a unique adventure that you will never find with any other Egypt tour except with Cairo Top Tours services which allow you to explore the archaeological site known as Meidum, which was built for King Snefru who was the founder of the fourth dynasty during the old kingdom of Egypt history.
Medium Pyramid Tour
The pyramid is one of a total of 4 pyramids for Snefru who was the father of King Cheops. owner of the great pyramid at Giza Necropolis.
The Pyramid of Meidum is located in the town of Meidum, Al-Wasta, Beni Suef Governorate, about ninety kilometers southwest of Cairo. It is a strange monument, whose construction was completed by Senefru, the founding father of the 4th dynasty (whose construction had begun at the end of the last kings of the previous family), it has a very special shape that looks like a step pyramid but is covered from the outside.
Discover all of that and more during your Cairo Half-Day Tour to Meidum.
You will be met by our tour guide to start one of our exclusive Egypt Day Tours to enjoy Cairo Half-Day Tour to Meidum, very close to the Giza Necropolis, Tombs of the Nobles at Saqqara, and Dahshur Necropolis.
Your certified Egyptologist will accompany you with an exclusive deluxe vehicle to the area of Meidum where you will see one of the four pyramids built for King Snefru of the fourth dynasty as an attempt to achieve the perfect-shaped pyramid standing in Dahshur and known as the Red Pyramid, but today, you will see a great example of the mastaba pyramids (stepped pyramids) as the one for King Djoser at Saqqara, this pyramid (Meidum) is the first of the Egyptian pyramids to have a funerary at the level of the foundations, with splendid and innovative arched walls. Today, we can only admire the three upper steps, which emerge from the sand and the heaps of ruined stones.
The pyramid of Meidum, built by Pharaoh Snefru, Father of King Cheops, stands alone in a desert corner, near a large number of small mastabas. The pyramid of Meidum, built by Pharaoh Snefru, King Cheops's father, stands alone in a desert corner, near a large number of small mastabas. The pyramid was originally built in the form of a staircase, but during the reign of King Senefru, they tried to change the shape of the pyramid, to become from a step pyramid to an entire pyramid, by filling the distances between the steps with a limestone cover After finishing your Cairo Day Tours you will stop at one of our government-authorized papyrus institutes to have a quick tour about how early examples of papers were discovered by ancient Egyptians at the dawn of history, the thing that helped this ancient civilization to rise and develop soo fast during the time when other civilizations were striving to find the basics for living like food, house, and security.
Transfer back to any preferred location after finishing the Maydum Pyramid Tour.
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